The insurance site found nearly two in five parents whose child has had an unauthorised absence admitted to taking them on holiday, saving an average of £567 on travel costs - rising to more than £1,000 for 16% of them. Some 27% of parents have received a fine for doing so. "I...
Why? In 1561 King Charles IX of France was given a posey of Lilly of the valley flowers as a present on May 1, and a tradition was born. Vineyards just outside Bordeaux. We hear they have good wine here? Who’s a good boy checking into the hotel? And sporting the French dog col...
58.She learned to traditional music at her Christian religious center. But she liked the popular jazz and rock music of the time even more. She left home at a young age to build a career in music. Soon, she became known as “the girl with the tear in her voice” because of her emo...
Finishing High School, and then Walk – Ireland and the Netherlands Sitting in front of the cathedral, and enjoying the sun and view to the Cathedral of Santiago de Compostela. We talked to these two girls from Ireland and the Netherlands who have just finished the Route of Santiago de Compo...
We fought like cat and dog for years, now he's a fantastic brother. He went into the Army and went to Northern Ireland where he had a serious accident and that brought us much closer. It took him years to get right. Every time we speak on the phone now he always tells me he ...
I was walking through my local park the other day (I’m using the word ‘my’ in its ‘royal’ and geographical sense: I barely own a packet of crisps, much less a vast tract of land) when I chanced upon a dog. Many dogs, in fact. One after the other. It was a sunny day,...
I once treated a sheepdog that had been headbutted in the abdomen by a ram and we still talk about it to this day...He was bleeding internally from his liver, so my nursing team and I took the dog to surgery. I collected the blood from the abdomen, and we transfused it...
f. To put up with; endure or tolerate: I've had about all I can take from them. g. To receive into a particular relation or association, as into one's care or keeping: They plan to take a new partner into the firm. We took the dog for a week. h. To assume for oneself: tak...
g. To receive into a particular relation or association, as into one's care or keeping: They plan to take a new partner into the firm. We took the dog for a week. h. To assume for oneself: take all the credit. i. To agree to undertake or engage in (a task or duty, for examp...